Senior Data Engineer

Musco Sports Lighting is hiring a Senior Data Engineer for its Information Technology team in the Oskaloosa, IA office. In this role, you will help design and implement enterprise data platforms and semantic/ontology models that support analytics, AI, and LLM-driven use cases, with a strong focus on data quality, governance, and scalable delivery.

What you’ll do

• Design and implement enterprise semantic and ontology models that enable advanced analytics, AI, and LLM-driven solutions.
• Set up and maintain enterprise data quality and validation frameworks to identify, monitor, and communicate data integrity issues so data remains trusted and reliable across the organization.
• Work with business and technology stakeholders to shape data pipelines and solutions aligned to evolving business needs and strategic objectives.
• Architect scalable data engineering patterns and optimize for performance, scalability, observability, and long-term maintainability across data warehouses and lake houses.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD processes, deployment standards, and engineering best practices that support dependable delivery of semantic models and data solutions.
• Integrate data lineage, metadata management, and observability into data solutions to improve transparency, traceability, and operational effectiveness.
• Support enterprise data governance, security, and compliance by implementing data access controls, including Row Level Security (RLS), and promoting adherence to organizational standards.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing to strengthen engineering practices and build data modeling and analytics engineering capability.

What you bring

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5-7 years of experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise data platforms, analytics solutions, and data architectures.
• Experience building cloud-based data integration and analytics solutions using modern data engineering technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of data architecture, modeling, integration, and engineering principles, with the ability to deliver scalable, maintainable, high-performing data solutions supporting analytics and AI initiatives.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to identify, diagnose, and resolve complex data and technology challenges.
• Ability to promote data quality, governance, security, and privacy best practices to ensure trusted, compliant, well-managed data assets.
• Experience providing technical leadership through knowledge sharing and mentoring less experienced team members.
• Strong communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts and collaborating with business and technology stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and take ownership in a dynamic, evolving environment.
• Ability to create, maintain, and share clear technical documentation that supports operational effectiveness, sustainability, and knowledge transfer.
• Strong interpersonal skills, innovative problem-solving, and a team-oriented mindset.
• Familiarity with Musco solutions is a plus.

Benefits

• Varying health insurance plans
• Vision and dental insurance
• PTO
• 401k
• Profit sharing
• Generous benefit package
• Flexibility for community involvement, family activities, and personal time

Team culture and partnerships

• Meaningful work in a team-first culture with continuous learning and professional development
• Work-life balance with flexibility for community involvement, family activities, and personal time
• Supports recreational organizations to help ensure safer and more enjoyable playing experiences worldwide

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